River Road Open Space
River Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 141 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tolland Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Stafford
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 19.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tolland Hill: 0.2 mi
- Village Hill: 0.8 mi
- Rockwell Hill: 1.8 mi
- Buff Cap Hill: 2.1 mi
- Neff Hill: 2.4 mi
- Dennis Pond Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Willington Avenue Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Chenes Roches Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Laurel Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- River Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 1.5 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 5.0 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.9 mi
- Haymarket Square: 0.7 mi
- West Main Street Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Olympic Circle: 1.3 mi
- Olympic Park: 1.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.5 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.8 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 6.7 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 8.8 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 9.6 mi
- The Walking Wall: 9.7 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 9.7 mi
- The Arc: 9.7 mi
- Harvest Joy: 9.7 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.1 mi
- Goat Rock: 10.5 mi
- filled-in well: 10.5 mi
- Path Continues: 11.0 mi
- Path Continues: 11.0 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 6.2 mi
- sensory garden: 8.2 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 9.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.5 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cascades: 9.1 mi
- Codfish Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cascades: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 4.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.0 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 15.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 17.7 mi
- Picnic: 12.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rd: 24.9 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 25.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.5 mi
- Bara-Hack: 15.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of River Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | NE 44° | 396 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | ENE 69° | 371 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stickney Hill | ENE 61° | 371 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snow Hill | E 81° | 362 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ENE 78° | 361 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ENE 58° | 354 m | 4.4 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NNE 16° | 352 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNE 18° | 347 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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